Archive | April, 2010

25 April 2010 ~ 2 Comments

TanyaKersey.com Re-Launches!

TanyaKersey.com has re-launched with a brand new web­site design and func­tion­al­ity. We’ll be adding lots more con­tent in the com­ing days includ­ing two coach­ing clubs — one for film­mak­ers and one for actors.  An ASK TANYA col­umn where you can ask those ques­tions you’ve always wanted to ask, and lots, lots more.

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20 April 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Are You Moving Too Quickly?

I just got off a call with a client who said he was going to buy a Sony cam­era so he could shoot a short film. “Wait a minute!,” I told him. This per­son is brand new to the busi­ness and hasn’t even writ­ten the script, yet he’s going to buy a $4,000 cam­era? This […]

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15 April 2010 ~ 0 Comments

LA">Tanya at upcoming Showbiz Expo LA

I will be speak­ing on two pan­els at the Los Ange­les SHOWBIZ EXPO on Sat­ur­day, April 24th at the LA Con­ven­tion Cen­ter.  “Get Your Name Out There!: Get Famous and Sur­vive the Media With­out Get­ting Clob­bered” from 11am-12 noon and “Urban is Where It’s At!” from 5-6pm.  Reg­is­ter to attend the expo for FREE at […]

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13 April 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Paul Battista Talks About Producing Your First Feature Film on Inside Urban Hollywood

Every year, tons of first-time film­mak­ers sac­ri­fice blood, sweat, tears, and hard earned cash to pro­duce their first fea­ture film. How­ever, more often than not, the film­maker is unaware of the steep hur­dles lying ahead of them. From get­ting past agents who refuse the film­maker access to named tal­ent to find­ing the oh-so elu­sive investors. […]

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13 April 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Putting Together a Resume

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: So I recently just arrived to Hol­ly­wood look­ing to get involved in film pro­duc­tion. I have a cou­ple ques­tions con­cern­ing how I draft my resume. When list­ing the things I’ve done, should I state whether it was SAG or not (since all my stuff has been non-SAG so far)? Also, I’ve […]

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12 April 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Creating Content for the Web

Web series creators/producers Michael Ajakwe & Reg­gie Gask­ins stopped by Inside Urban Hol­ly­wood to dis­cuss the oppor­tu­ni­ties that lie ahead in “the new fron­tier”. Top­ics ranged from ways to join the Writer’s Guild by through web series to the chal­lenges of writ­ing for the web as opposed to TV and Film. A new medium has […]

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09 April 2010 ~ 0 Comments

TV on Inside Urban Hollywood">Kellie R. Griffin Talks about Producing TV on Inside Urban Hollywood

Kel­lie R. Grif­fin, For­mer “House of Payne” Head Writer may not have trav­eled the tra­di­tional route to a suc­cess­ful screen­writ­ing career, but nonethe­less, her tale serves as a valu­able les­son on how to opti­mize your chances in Hol­ly­wood. Dur­ing a visit to Los Ange­les in 2000, Grif­fin attended a show tap­ing of “The Park­ers.” Eager […]

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05 April 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Tips for How to Network at Industry Events

Ques­tion: Last week, I attended the Los Ange­les WebFest. At the con­clu­sion of a panel dis­cus­sion, I wanted to speak to the head of Lionsgate’s New Media Divi­sion about my project, but had no idea how to approach him. How do I talk to a pow­er­ful player at an indus­try event with­out being just one […]

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